The award-winning JDSU PathTrak™ Return Path Monitoring System offers a highly efficient continuous, and automated method of monitoring and analyzing RF performance ideal for operators who currently, or who are planning to, deploy advanced services. The architecture uses distributed scanning spectrum analyzers with advanced network-based software. Analysis tools allow cable operators to quickly troubleshoot issues before they impact the customer. Simultaneously, PathTrak’s ability to communicate with the SDA and DSAM field meters (Field View option) lets technicians view the live headend return spectrum to quickly find and fix return ingress problems. PathTrak is the only Return Path Monitoring System available that is fast enough and powerful enough to simultaneously provide monitoring, live remote client spectrum views, constant performance history, and remote spectrum views on field meters